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Alaska Flying : Surviving Incidents & Accidents
| Alaska Flying : Surviving Incidents & Accidents |
| Autore | Jacobson Jake |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : Publication Consultants, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 pages) |
| Disciplina | 629.13097979999998 |
| Soggetto topico |
Short stories, American
Air pilots Bush flying |
| ISBN | 1-59433-615-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Testimonials -- Introduction -- Early Flights as Pilot in Command-The Club -- My First Airplane -- Wrench Lake-an Unintended Stop -- Alaskan Flying Follies: Tie the Tail -- Landing Sites -- Breather Tube Problem -- Is He Gonna Make It? -- First Engine Failure -- Winter Survey on the North Slope -- Caribou/Wolf Survey 1977 -- More Winter Surveys -- BLM Surveys, Lake Inventories -- The BLM Hydrologist -- Right Hand of GOD -- Drop Out Problems -- External Loads -- Air Taxi Charters -- Aircraft Incidents and Accidents -- September 10, 1983 -- Upside Down In The Kuguroruk River -- Winning N8102y -- IPECAC and the Aircraft Mechanic -- Second Engine Failure -- 911 -- Sluggin' My Way To Fairbanks. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910156206403321 |
Jacobson Jake
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| Chicago : , : Publication Consultants, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cowboys of the Sky : The Story of Alaska's Bush Pilots
| Cowboys of the Sky : The Story of Alaska's Bush Pilots |
| Autore | Levi Steve |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : Publication Consultants, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (99 pages) |
| Disciplina | 629.13092279800003 |
| Soggetto topico |
Travel
Air pilots Bush flying |
| ISBN | 1-59433-286-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Alaska and the Bush Plane -- Chapter 2: Flying by the Seat of Your Pants -- Chapter 3: The age of Experimentation, the 1920s -- Chapter 4: The Technological age, the 1930s -- Chapter 5: The caa Arrives, the 1940s -- Chapter 6: The thousand Mile War -- Chapter 7: Post-War Alaska -- Chapter 8: The Tourism Boom -- Chapter 9: The View from the top of the World -- Source Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910164070203321 |
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Levi Steve
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| Chicago : , : Publication Consultants, , 2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Self-Reliant Pilot : Alaskan Style Training
| Self-Reliant Pilot : Alaskan Style Training |
| Autore | Quirk Bill |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : Publication Consultants, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
Bush flying
Flight training |
| ISBN | 1-59433-565-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Warning and Disclaimer -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Becoming Your Own Self-Reliant Pilot -- Alaska's Flying Environment -- Alaska's Extreme Flying -- Alaska's Elite Pilots -- Alaskan Style Training-Overview -- Introduction -- Knowledge and Training to Be the Best Pilot -- Alaskan Training Paradigm: Make Simple the Difficult Things -- Flying by the Seat of Your Pants -- Situational Awareness -- Alaskan Style Training-Methods -- Precision Landings -- Takeoff Operations -- Landings Operations -- Managing the Wind -- Crosswind Operations -- Measuring Landing and Takeoff Distances -- Selecting Landing Areas from Your Cockpit -- Advanced Training -- Preventing Aircraft Accidents caused by Ground Effect -- Caution for Takeoffs in Heavily-Loaded Aircraft -- Dangers of Landing in Low Light -- Importance of an Engine Analyzer -- Emergency Equipment -- Aircraft Tie-Downs in the Backcountry -- Alaskan Bushwheels -- Use of Flaps on Takeoff -- Other Training Missions -- Flying Difficulties Related to Weather -- Alaska's Inadequate Weather Reporting System -- Learning to Read the Weather -- Understanding VFR into IMC Accidents -- Aircraft Accidents -- Fatal Aircraft Accidents Down Sharply -- Alaska Aviation Safety Foundation Seminar -- Aircraft Accident Rate in Alaska -- Pilot Error -- Never Stall your Airplane -- Myths about Stall Landings -- Reduction in the Excessive GA Accident Rate -- Lower GA Aircraft Accident Rate -- Cardinal Rules for Best Pilot -- Winter Flying Operations -- Ski Flying Operations -- Take the Young Flying -- Flying Wildlife Surveys in Alaska -- First Wildlife Surveys -- Moose Surveys in the Piper Cub and the Arctic Tern -- Trumpeter Swan Surveys -- Dall Sheep and Mountain Goat Surveys -- Bald Eagle Surveys -- Brown Bear Surveys.
Black Bear Surveys -- Other Wildlife Surveys -- Aerial Wolf Observations -- Part II: Compendium of Alaskan Images -- Author's Images of Alaska's Exquisite Flying Environs -- Part III: Memoranda -- Author's Short Narratives on Flying in Alaska. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910157764403321 |
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Quirk Bill
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| Chicago : , : Publication Consultants, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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